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No.834,770. i

UNITED STATES VIairENI" oEEIoE.

-f WILLIAM NEILSON STEELE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' i DUST-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NEILsoN STEELE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the `city of New York, borough of the Bronx,in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedDust-Pan, of which the following is a full,

n after and then pointed out in the claims.

' swee ings swept up A practical embodiment of the invention isrepresented in the accompanying drawings, forming'a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

yFigure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement, showing the coverand the door in an openposition. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation ofthe same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a rear sectionalelevation of the same, partly broken away, the section being on the line3 3 of Fig. 2. f

The horizontally-disposed bottom A of the dust-pan is curved upward atits rear end to form the rear side B of a cylindrical receptacle B, andfrom the said rear side B extends rearwardly a handle C, adapted to betaken hold of by the operator for conveniently manipulating thedust-pan. The vertical sides D and D of the dust-pan extend u wardlyfrom the bottom A and a distance abbve a top plate E, inclinedrearwardly and upwardly from the front end of the bottom A. The rear endE of this top plate E terminates at the front of the receiving-recetacle B, so that the dust, crumbs, and li e the inclined top plate Ereadi y pass into t e receiving-receptacle B. The latter is normallyclosed on' top bya cover F, having its rear connected by a hinge G withlthe top of the rear side B of the receiving-receptacle B, and on thesaid cover F is secured or formed a thumb-piece H, ada ted to be takenhold of by the thumb of t e hand holding the handle C.

The cover F is spring-pressed and normally held in a closed position,and for this purpose I prefer to use two springs I, made of spring-wirecoiled on portions of the pintle G of the hinge G and having theterminals I and I2 engaging the rear side B and the cover F,respectively, as plainly shown in Fig. 3. The front F of the cover F isadapted to extend a distance below the rear end E of the top plate E atthe time the cover F is in a closed position, (see Fig. 2,) andthe'lower edge of this end F of the cover F is adapted to be seated onstops J2, referably forming parts of reinforcing-handig J and J for thesides of the receiving-receptacle B, the said bands being secured to therear side B and a portion of the bottom A and extending over the topportion of the receiving-receptacle B, as wil be readily understoodbyreference to Fig. 1. By having the stops J2 arranged as described theylimit the closing movement of the cover F, and as the end E extends upto the outer face of the cover F a distance above the free edge thereofit is evident that a perfectly dust-proof joint is obtained between thecover F andthe top plate E, and consequently the sweepings contained inthe receiving-receptacle B are not liable to escape therefrom whencarrying the dust-pan from one lace to another.

T e rear ortion of the side D of the dustpan closes t e receptacleB atthe reinforcingband J while the other side D terminates at thereinforcing-band J, and this side of the receiving-receptacle B isnormally closed by a door K, connected by a hinge L with the side D. Thedoor K is provided with an inwardl -extending annular rim K, fittinginto t e reinforcing-band J, so as to form a tight joint with the same,and on the said door K is arranged afinger-piece K2, adapted to be takenhold of by the operator for conveniently swinging the door K into anopen or shut position.

The bottom A of the dust-pan is connected with the top plate E by atransversely-extending vertically-disposed brace N, located a distanceforward of the rear end E, so as to form an extension B2 ofthedust-receiving receptacle B, thereby increasing the capacity of thelatter, at the same time forming a firm IOO support for the top plate Ethroughout the width thereof-that is, from the side D to the side D.

In practice the bottom A, the rear side B the top plate E, and the braceN are preferably formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent into theshape described. By the construction set forth an exceedingly strong anddurable dust-pan is provided.

In using the dust-pan the operator takes hold with one hand of the'handle C, and by the use of the thumb of this hand engaging .thethumb-piece H the operator swings the cover F into an o en pos1tion, andwith the other hand wielding a brush or the like the operator sweeps thedust, crumbs, and the li e up over the to plate E into thereceiving-receptacle B. $Vhen the sweeping is finished, the operatorreleases the thumb from the thumb-piece II to allow the springs I toclose the cover F, the downward-swinging motion of which is limited bythe stops J2 as well as by the reinforcing-bands J and J', under whichthe inner face of the cover fits snugly, as indicated in the drawings.The dust-pan may be used repeatedly in the manner described, and when asufiicient quantity of sweepings have accumulated in the dust-pan thenthe operator can conveniently carry the dust-pan to a suitable place ofdischarge and there o en the door K, so as to permit of dumping t esweepings out of the receptacleI B and its extension B2. After this hasbeen done the door K is again closed and the dust-pan is again incondition for receiving other sweepings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A dust-pan comprising a bottom, a top plateinclined upwardly and rearwardly om the front end of the bottom, sidewalls extending from the sides of the bottom upward past the said topplate to form retaining-flanges, areceiving-receptacle at the rear endof the bottom and at the front of which the top plate terminates, acover hinged to the said receptacle at the rear thereof, andreinforcing-bands secured to and extendinu within the saidreceiving-receptacle, said bands conforming to the s lape of and servingas sup orts for the cover when in closed position, t 1e lower ends ofsaid bands extendmg below the rear end of the top plate, and being therebent to form stops, on which the forward end of said cover rests when inthe closed position.

2. In a dust-pan, the combination with a bottom and sides, of a topplate between the sides and inclined up from the forward portion of thebottom, a receiving-receptacle formed at the rear of the top plate, acover for the receptacle, and bands for reinforcing the walls of thereceptacle and adapted to sup v ort the cover when in a closed position,sal bands being secured to the receptacle and bottom near the sidesthereof and terminating in stops for the edge of the cover, which stopsextend below the rear edge of the said top plate.

3. Adust-pan, comprising a bottom plate, a top plate inclined upwardlyand rearwardly from the front of the bottom, side walls extending fromthe sides of the bottom up past the to plate, a receiving-receptacle atthe rear ofp the bottom plate and having one end open, reinforcing-bandssecured to the rcceptacle at the ends and extending over the top thereofwith their ends projecting below the rear edge of the inclined top )lateand forming stops, a cover hinged to the rear of the receptacle andhaving its free edge extending below the edge of the top and engagingsaid stops, and a door hinged to one of the sides and having a flange onits inner face fitting into one of the reinforcing-bands.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM NEILSON STEELE.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rnn, EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

